Unnamed Horror Novel
That's what it's called right now, that idea I've been excited about for the past week. As of today, I've finished not one, but two drawings of characters to be used in this project.
Before I show them off, I should explain why I did this. It's a matter of perspective and detail. I'll know a lot of times what the basic structure of a character or a location is, but I'll lack the descriptive focus to put it into words. As they say, a picture is worth a thousand words. Also, pictures give me a sense of the character's attitudes and personality. This can be physical, mental, or both.
First up within the story is a creature I'm currently calling a slicer.
This lovely thing was once human, I think, but now it's a thing that is very brutal and freaky. One, it's naked, but you won't have to worry about seeing its junk, you'll be too busy running from it, praying to get out alive. The biggest danger comes from it's hands and feet, which are long, bony knives. And I should point out its head; no eyes, minimal ears, lots of fang-like teeth, and external nares in its palate (read: nostrils in the roof of its mouth). Fun!
To use terminology from Unbreakable, a slicer is a "soldier" villain, so there has to also be the brilliant archnemesis to deal with. In this case, it's the following unnamed Brill'Que.
That thing floating next to her head is her control helmet, which I'll tell you more about at a later date. The important things to point out here are the small details of her costume. The soles and heels of her boots, along with most of her belt and some parts of her dress (?) are made of human bones. The fabric for the costume, in fact, is leather... human leather. The laces of the costume are woven hair. The designs on the skirt and sleeves are roses on thorny vines. This is a depiction of life and beauty, but also has a distinct image of danger thanks to the twisting thorns.
The elements that I've maintained in this picture are her soulless, emblazened eyes and her choker. The choker is the casual way one could identify a Brill'Que--they never take them off. The eyes, well, that's just an easy way to make her look sexy evil.
Thoughts?
Before I show them off, I should explain why I did this. It's a matter of perspective and detail. I'll know a lot of times what the basic structure of a character or a location is, but I'll lack the descriptive focus to put it into words. As they say, a picture is worth a thousand words. Also, pictures give me a sense of the character's attitudes and personality. This can be physical, mental, or both.
First up within the story is a creature I'm currently calling a slicer.
This lovely thing was once human, I think, but now it's a thing that is very brutal and freaky. One, it's naked, but you won't have to worry about seeing its junk, you'll be too busy running from it, praying to get out alive. The biggest danger comes from it's hands and feet, which are long, bony knives. And I should point out its head; no eyes, minimal ears, lots of fang-like teeth, and external nares in its palate (read: nostrils in the roof of its mouth). Fun!
To use terminology from Unbreakable, a slicer is a "soldier" villain, so there has to also be the brilliant archnemesis to deal with. In this case, it's the following unnamed Brill'Que.
That thing floating next to her head is her control helmet, which I'll tell you more about at a later date. The important things to point out here are the small details of her costume. The soles and heels of her boots, along with most of her belt and some parts of her dress (?) are made of human bones. The fabric for the costume, in fact, is leather... human leather. The laces of the costume are woven hair. The designs on the skirt and sleeves are roses on thorny vines. This is a depiction of life and beauty, but also has a distinct image of danger thanks to the twisting thorns.
The elements that I've maintained in this picture are her soulless, emblazened eyes and her choker. The choker is the casual way one could identify a Brill'Que--they never take them off. The eyes, well, that's just an easy way to make her look sexy evil.
Thoughts?
posted by LEN! at 11:46 PM
2 Comments:
So the slicer runs like it's on tiptoes? Cool. I see already envision it's defeat coming at the hands of falling through icy river.
Or would freezing cold water and lack of oxygen not be a problem?
There's a few problems with the "icy river" defeat strategy. 1) The inclement weather in "Unnamed Horror Novel" will be rain, not snow, so it won't be cold enough. 2) This story is going to be set in a small town in central Arkansas, so there won't be any rivers (however, there may be some streams or creeks).
Lack of oxygen would be a severe problem for a slicer, as one of the supporting characters will exploit. Basically, take a blunt object and use it to bash in the slicer's nostrils until the bone pierces brain tissue. Of course, one has to live long enough to find said object...
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